As cooler temperatures start to become more prominent, it brings the transition from hot summer days to the fall season of football, the World Series, a new school term and leaf raking. It will also set the stage for more indoor home cooking once again. That will call for a variety of hardy vegetable items intended for soups, stews, roasts and side dishes.

Here are some popular vegetables your shoppers will be seeking now through winter.

When Happy Dirt sets up its presence at booth No. 216 at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Innovations show in Charlotte, NC, the company will be building relationships with existing customers, meeting potential new customers and spreading the word about its accomplishments and its mission.

Happy Dirt, based in Durham, NC, is making its Southern Innovations debut this year, and one of its goals is to spread the word about its rebranding. Founded by Sandi Kronick in 2004 as Eastern Carolina Organics, the company rebranded itself as Happy Dirt in 2019.

Brighter Bites launched the Brighter Bites Ambassador Program, designed to train and enable supporters of Brighter Bites to inform people in their company network about the mission of the organization across the country.

SnapDragon apples are entering their second season as the official apple of the Buffalo Bills. The first year of this partnership was successful, with sales of SnapDragon apples up 60 percent in the Buffalo market.

The partnership has helped spread brand awareness of the apples as well as get SnapDragon apples in the hands of fans at tailgate activations and throughout the stadium on game day. SnapDragon has also partnered with a number of Buffalo Bills players and participated in community events to help give back.

There are plenty of Rave apples to go around this apple season — and outrageously juicy flavors yet to be shared with consumers. Stemilt Marketing Director Brianna Shales encourages retailers to get behind Rave with the four Ps of marketing and position it as the start of school snacking apple with branded packaging and prominent placement.

Navigating hurricane season can be tricky for growers as Mother Nature continues to have her way with the nation's crops. Hurricane Hilary was “devastating and heartbreaking,” according to Kathleen Nave, president of the California Table Grape Commission, which expects California to produce fewer than 75 million 19-pound boxes for the first time since 1994.